Sixteen clock minutes before Gainesville's 70-52 win over Jacksonville Wolfson, GHS Head Coach Kelly Beckham looked harried as his team headed to the locker room.
"I hope we can pull this one out," said Bill Goess, his brother-in-law, from behind the bench.
The 'Canes were up 36-20.
To be fair, Gainesville had grabbed the big lead up front and held off Wolfson, but with a mixed performance at the free throw line in the first half, and a series of turnovers to the Wolf Pack's half court trap defense, it was plain that the 'Canes were on the receiving end of a rally.
It got worse before it got better. The 'Pack kept trapping, forcing turnovers and scoring in transition, while GHS had trouble getting stops. They were caught again and again in the traps, and didn't make their usual crisp passes. Wolfson trimmed the lead to seven points before the 'Canes recovered and started finding the open man against the trap.
GHS got a huge boost in the fourth quarter with 11 points by Greg Gantt, who had been quiet since his opening salvo of three threes in the first quarter. T.J. Hall, the game-high scorer with 23 points, adjusted his role to set up Gantt in the fourth. Gabe Rutledge had a huge block with two minutes remaining that helped deflate any comeback hopes remaining for Wolfson.
"I was never all that worried," Beckham said afterward.
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